787-9 Rehearses for Paris 2015.

[coriander]

Wow!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYbM-3E11Qo&feature=youtu.be

 

[RooFlyer]

Let me translate: Prenez ce, Airbus!

I think I see straitman rushing to strap himself in ...

But I won't be impressed until they do a barrel roll, 707 style.

 

[robd]

So graceful. But it's a NO from me on the takeoff angle :shock:

 

[JessicaTam]

So graceful. But it's a NO from me on the takeoff angle :shock:

A YES from me!

 

[RooFlyer]

Seriously .. is that 787 take-off angle genuine, as it appears, or is the photography plane doing some fancy manoeuvring and the fore-shortening playing tricks?

 

[TomVexille]

Seriously .. is that 787 take-off angle genuine, as it appears, or is the photography plane doing some fancy manoeuvring and the fore-shortening playing tricks?

I do think it's supposed to be close to vertical

 

[Boris spatsky]

I do think it's supposed to be close to vertical

I don't think it is close at all - maybe 45 Nose Up at the peak (extremely light aircraft, full thrust)

Impressive nonetheless.

 

[Pushka]

So graceful. But it's a NO from me on the takeoff angle :shock:

That was my take out too.

 

[coriander]

Just showing Mrs C the video - I note it's already up to 1.65 million views. I just find that take-off footage absolutely stupendous! Great photography of a beautiful looking plane and livery.

 

[pythonisman]

Awesome video, love the takeoff shot - even if it's exaggerated it's still awesome.
That would have been a lot of fun to be on board :-D

 

[coriander]

Just been looking at 787-9 rehearsing for Farnborough 2014 - it does a similar steep take-off See http://youtu.be/GZRKm6PG918 at 25 seconds. Interesting that this July 2014 video has had 4.2 million views in 11 months, whereas the latest video is at 3.7 million views in only 48 hours.

 

[robd]

Just been looking at 787-9 rehearsing for Farnborough 2014 - it does a similar steep take-off See http://youtu.be/GZRKm6PG918 at 25 seconds. Interesting that this July 2014 video has had 4.2 million views in 11 months, whereas the latest video is at 3.7 million views in only 48 hours.

I was sure I had seen something similar, googled and found that same video (I think). It states the takeoff angle was 40 degrees.

 

[codash1099]

Interesting that this July 2014 video has had 4.2 million views in 11 months, whereas the latest video is at 3.7 million views in only 48 hours.

That's because the earlier one wasn't posted here

 

[HW]

Boeing has posted a 'making of the video' video at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLPCqFC1IJ0

 

[RAM]

Boeing has posted a 'making of the video' video at this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jLPCqFC1IJ0

Great find!

I like the Boeing pilot pointing out that "it was just a normal plane with full internal fit out, seats, galleys and lavatories. You could have done that manoeuvre with a FULL LOAD of passengers."

Possibly true but I think you'd only get to do it once!

 

[Bindibuys]

Love it, wish they would let passengers on to experience this. I would pay.

 

[coriander]

Great find!
I like the Boeing pilot pointing out that " You could have done that manoeuvre with a FULL LOAD of passengers."

.. but further on (at 2:54) he says "I love flying this airplane and it's fun to be able to manoeuvre not worrying about spilling the coffee and drinks and that kind of thing..."